Postmark: Aug 10,95 3:19 PM Delivered: Aug 10,95 3:19 PM
Subject: Subsistence News-8/11/95
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*The Ninilchik Traditional Council has asked the U.S. District Court in Anchorage to block the recently announced subsistence moose hunt on the Kenai Peninsula.
*The Council wanted the court to throw out the mandatory antler restriction imposed by the Federal Subsistence Board (FSB) on subsistence hunters in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.
*The Traditional Council contended that ANILCA forbids restricting subsistence hunters unless other users, such as sport hunters, have been restricted or barred from federal lands.
*The new subsistence hunt is widely opposed on the Kenai Peninsula, where many of the residents do not qualify as rural residents, and thus ineligible for a subsistence opportunity.
*The Federal District Court (August 9th) ruled in favor of the FSB, and thus allows for the planned subsistence moose hunt to proceed as scheduled.
Postmark: Aug 04,95 7:50 AM Delivered: Aug 04,95 10:02 AM
Status: Previously read
Subject: Subsistence News-8/4/95
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*At least one of the two banished Tlingit youth appear to be doing well in their year long odyssey. Adrian (Daax ii Gang) Guthrie has complained about the lack of subsistence resources, and having to rely on other people to bring food and water. He requested relocation to a more remote site.
*The other individual in the banishment case, Simon (Walk Naw) Roberts, is reportedly not doing as well. His camp has been described as “a mess”, and he was poorly groomed. He is also reported to be “angry, hostile, evasive, confused, and distrusting”. The “Tribal Court” will reconvene this fall to determine if the banishment should continue or end.
*The seventh General Assembly of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC) was recently held in Nome, Alaska. Topics on the agenda included: Native subsistence, arctic pollution, and social and economic problems common to people of northern regions. 72 delegates from Canada, Greenland, Russia, and Alaska attended the week long conference.
*Indigenous people believe their lands and subsistence resources are a gift from God to a particular community or group. This is one of the major reasons why they are so deeply tied to a specific tract of land.
Postmark: Jul 27,95 7:48 AM Delivered: Jul 28,95 10:01 AM
Status: Previously read
Subject: Subsistence News-7/28/95
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*The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) appears poised tp propose a “threatened” listing for most of the wild coho (silver) salmon stocks along the Pacific Coast.
*The possible recommendation will not include wild stocks in Washington and Alaska.
*Areas to be impacted could involve millions of acres of land extending up much of the western seaboard, and as far inland as 120 miles.
*Over the next year, before a final decision is made, the status of the specific coho populations in Washington state will be studied more closely.
*Common complaints for the salmon decline include habitat degradation as a result of development, logging, agriculture, and over fishing.
